Portuguese police has shot a man suspected of stabbing two women to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, authorities said Tuesday.

 

The women were Portuguese staff members at the center, Ismaili community leader Narzim Ahmad told Portuguese TV channel S.I.C.

 

Police ordered him to surrender but he advanced toward them and was “neutralized,” the statement said. The suspect was taken to a Lisbon hospital where he was in police custody.

 

Several other people were wounded, according to the statement, but it provided no further details.

 

Portugal hasn’t recorded any significant terror attacks in recent decades, and religious violence is virtually unheard of.